ANGOSTURA BITTERS 200ML 44.7%

The legend begins with Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegert. Originally from Germany, Johann Siegert, a doctor of medicine, left his homeland in 1820, the call of adventure ringing in his ears. He was bound for Venezuela, to join with Simon Bolivar in his fight against the Spanish throne. Bolivar then appointed him Surgeon-General of the Military Hospital in the town of Angostura. Dr. Siegert was above all a scientist.

A scientist with a keen enquiring mind. He had seen soldiers battered by the enemy from without and within, by severe fevers and internal stomach disorders. From the beginning Dr. Siegert was determined to wrest a cure from nature itself and after four years of trial and error, researching and analysing the qualities of tropical herbs and plants, he finally arrived at a unique blend of herbs which he called Amargo Aromatico or aromatic bitters. The year was 1824.

Distilled in Trinidad to a secret recipe dating from 1824, this was originally invented as a tonic to cure all ills! Its best-known uses are the few drops on a sugar cube in a Champagne cocktail or as the 'pink' in a Pink Gin.